With many news companies cutting back on coverage of government, some governments are looking to hire journalists to cover them. Crazy? Maybe not.
In this week’s live chat, I talked with Nick Christensen, the in-house reporter who began work last year creating independent journalism content for Metro, the elected regional government for 1.5 million people in the greater Portland, Ore., area. To find out what he talked about, you can replay the chat below.
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